feeling good - but only for a moment

just read over some blogs after getting an email from a friend who just read -- wondering what he encountered... and realized that i felt the same way this morning as I did on July 23rd. Anyone have a sign / astrology / a portent / anything that can explain this continuity. What makes people feel good?

for me? this morning? a great intimate / kind email from a good friend. the crisp cold of autumn and the fierce blue of the sky. class held downtown at muggswigz.

But then I had to be an *advocate* for openness and dialogue in faculty senate. I love the people in faculty senate -- but it, like any senate, reflects the complexity of living in institutions. Not my favorite feature of human existence right now... (in case you *haven't* read any of the last hundred blogs! Thanks for the affirmation, Marcaus, on these feelings....it meant a lot to have a simpatico spirit so far away)

And now I don't feel the smile of the universe anymore.

Hopefully my kids -- who I'm about to spend an hour with -- will show me the joy of being alive....

Peace~

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